Thursday, February 1
Raleigh, N.C.
8 PM
NC State
vs
#24/24 North Carolina
#5 Wolfpack Faces Off Against #24 Tar Heels Thursday Night
1/31/2024 11:35:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – Fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball (18-2, 6-2 ACC) kicks off a three-game homestand on Thursday night as it takes on 24th-ranked North Carolina (15-6, 7-2 ACC) for a sold out, primetime showdown.
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels is set for 8 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 63-54)
RALEIGH – Fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball (18-2, 6-2 ACC) kicks off a three-game homestand on Thursday night as it takes on 24th-ranked North Carolina (15-6, 7-2 ACC) for a sold out, primetime showdown.
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels is set for 8 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
- Be the 1,037th win in program history (1,036-492)
- Be head coach Wes Moore's 819th career win (818-252)
- Be Moore's 261st win at NC State (260-83)
- Extend the Wolfpack's current winning streak to four games
- Extend NC State's home winning streak to 13 games
- Mark the Pack's sixth straight ACC win inside of Reynolds Coliseum
- Be the Wolfpack's fourth against an AP Top 25 opponent this season (3-1)
- Mark NC State's 160th all-time victory over a ranked opponent (159-257)
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 63-54)
- Thursday marks the 118th overall meeting between NC State and North Carolina. The teams have faced off at least once every season since the 1974-75 campaign, the Pack's first year as a varsity team.
- The squads split last year's regular-season series, with NC State earning the more recent victory in an overtime thriller at home on Feb. 16, 2023.
- The Pack won that game by a 77-66 score after overcoming a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to force extra time. NC State outscored the Tar Heels 15-4 in the overtime period.
- Both Aziaha James (18 points) and Mimi Collins (10 points) scored in double figures off the bench in the Wolfpack's most recent win over North Carolina.
- NC State has won its last four home games against the Tar Heels. UNC has not won inside Reynolds Coliseum since Feb. 3, 2019.
- The Wolfpack enters Thursday's game with a 32-17 record when playing UNC at home.
- NC State is 12-9 against the Tar Heels under the leadership of Coach Moore.
- Prior to last year's matchup, the Pack had been ranked in the AP Top 25 for the previous 11 meetings against UNC.
- Thursday will be the 106th time that at least one of the two squads is ranked in the AP Top 25 at the time of competition. NC State and UNC have only faced off as a pair of unranked teams 12 times in the previous 117 meetings.
- The Tar Heels have the 12-6 advantage in games during which both teams are ranked.
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